{"product_id":"once-were-cops-paperback","title":"Once Were Cops - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Bruen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O'Shea is a member of Ireland's police force, known as The Guards. He's also a sociopath who walks a knife edge between sanity and all-out mayhem. When an exchange program is initiated and twenty Guards come to America and twenty cops from the States go to Ireland, Shay, as he's known, has his lifelong dream come true--he becomes a member of the NYPD. But Shay's dream is about to become New York's nightmare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaired with an unstable cop nicknamed Kebar for his liberal use of a short, lethal metal stick called a K-bar, the two unlikely partners become a devastatingly effective force in the war against crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Kebar harbors a dangerous secret: he's sold out to the mob to help his sister. Her rape and beating leaves her in a coma and pushes an already unstable Kebar over the edge just as Shea's dark secrets threaten boil over and into the streets of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce Were Cops\u003c\/i\u003e melds the street poetry of Brooklyn and Dublin into a fast-paced, incomparable hard-boiled novel. This is Ken Bruen at his best.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Bruen\u003c\/b\u003e has been a finalist for the Edgar and Anthony Awards, and has won a Macavity Award, a Barry Award, and two Shamus Awards for the Jack Taylor series. He is also the author of the Inspector Brant series. Several of Bruen's novels have been adapted for the screen: The first six Jack Taylor novels were adapted into a television series starring Iain Glen; \u003ci\u003eBlitz\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a movie starring Jason Statham; and \u003ci\u003eLondon Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a film starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley. Bruen lives in Galway, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762425102624,"sku":"9780312540173","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dcba4904da89db5ffb695a17e8b99a35.webp?v=1780221159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/once-were-cops-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}